New in Chess (NiC) magazine is indisputably one of the finest chess periodicals in the world.  The eight yearly magazine issues are brimming with contributions from the crème de la crème of the chess world.  The same can be said about the quarterly NiC Yearbooks, which distill opening theory developments for a target audience consisting of stronger tournament players.  Finally, in recent years our Dutch chessfriends seem to have increased their efforts to publish more English-language books.  .

SOS – Secrets of Opening Surprises collects the writings of strong Dutch IM Jeroen Bosch, taken from his identically named columns in the NiC magazine.  Each installment of Bosch’s column presents an intriguing opening idea, which is designed to throw your opponent off balance early on. 

From the back cover:

"Look at your opponent sitting there in blissful ignorance.  Fully at ease, everything under control, not a worry in the world.  Or so he thinks.  He’s checked his repertoire, double-checked his main lines.  He wanted to come well-prepared and he did.  Or did he?  Because what he doesn’t know is that today is not his day.  For the simple reason that he’s playing you.  And you are going to spring a surprise on him.  No main variations today, nothing mainstream, he’s going to be initiated into a world of secrets: Secrets of Opening Surprises!"